Yes, I'm a big fan of Freyalyn's dyeing.
I used 100g of Goblin King (subtle shades from lilac to deep purple) on delicious Polwarth, along with natural silver Corriedale, and white Corriedale dyed by me in shades of dusky pink with hints of violet, to make my Cumbrian Winter Sunset jumper. I'm told this picture doesn't really do it justice.
I've 100g of Dryad on black Shetland with silk sitting on a bobbin, waiting for me to decide how to use it. The black absorbs most of the colour, leaving vibrant lights on the slivers of silk. I bought it and span it for the love of it, with no plan of how to use it! I might decide to make an airy shawl using the yarn as a single, or I might ply it on itself - I'll probably do some samples and see what I think.
I've two packs of Kingfisher on BFL and silk next in my queue. I'll probably fractal spin - where you split the braid in half lengthways, spin one half end to end, then split the other half in lengthways one or more times again, so the colours repeat against themselves. I shall weave with this; I'm interested to see how the fractal spinning looks in a woven piece. (I've attached a pic of my 'fractal hat' - I dyed some Southdown in outrageous colours, then span some of it one-to-one, some 2-1 and some 3-1 fractal. Then knitted a hat with the resultant yarn.)
I'm part way through a pack of very vibrant Cheviot fleece, having fun picking out a few locks of one colour, carding and spinning them, then another colour. When it's done, I expect I'll dye some Cheviot of my own in one of the lighter colours for the other ply. Or maybe I'll experiment with alternative second ply colours and fibres. I've previously done a kind of similar thing, where I stove-top rainbow-dyed some fleece, and dyed some more fleece in the exhaust bath. I did that twice, using the same dye colours, but ended up with two different exhaust bath colours - one was purpley and one greeny. (Stove-top rainbow dyeing is intentionally unrepeatable - it's a lot of fun!) I span one single using one rolag each of the main colours reddish, blueish, yellowish and greenish, repeatedly in sequence. The other single I span using the exhaust bath-dyed fibre, randomly selecting either greeny or purpley. I loved the yarn I made more than any yarn I've ever seen before or since. I made BH a hat with this.
Oops, I've gone off on a dyefest. Back On Topic... I've also got some of Freyalyn's Vivien colourway on Wensleydale, which I plan to use for socks. I like to make socks in 3-ply, so I think I will split the braid in two or three lengthways, spin each end to end, then Navaho-ply (chain-ply) to keep the colours blocky.
And there are two packs of Dragonfly on oatmeal BFL, bought for spinning to weave. Once I've played with the Kingfisher I'll have a better idea of how much fabric I can produce from 200g of fibre, and will then make a plan for how to use the Dragonfly. One idea is to make a waistcoat / bodywarmer type thing, where I can make the back plainer, or completely plain, if I need to.
I buy Freyalyn's fibres for a number of reasons. One, perhaps the main one, is inspiration. Her colourways are so gorgeous, the choice of fibres and colours together as well as the dye palette, so I always learn heaps each time I spin some. Mostly I don't spin tops, preferring rovings, batts, or spinning fleece directly from the combs, but Freyalyn's dyed tops are always an utter delight to spin. That Polwarth took for
ever though - it was so smooth, I span it finer than anything I'd ever spun before! I enjoyed the colours as I span it, and again as I plied it (some against the natural silver Corriedale and some against the dusky pink), and again as I knitted it up - and again, each time I wear the jumper
